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I live there, just next to the train station that you describe as being in a war state, and while there are worrying incidents in the outskirts and suspicious n

I live there, just next to the train station that you describe as being in a war state, and while there are worrying incidents in the outskirts and suspicious neighbourhoods, center Paris is by far the safest city I've ever lived in, and the only one where my women friends feel safe enough to walk alone at 3am. If we're playing the anedoctal evidence game, the only place I was ever seriously threatened ("I will kill you", at gunpoint and with evil eyes) was in your beloved Caribbean, in the beautiful island of Saint Lucia.

guylhem 14y ago
Please enlighten me. Were you living in the Caribbean, or just a tourist? What were you doing? By any chance, were you going to the friday night? (St Lucia is right next to my island - been there too, there is some unsafety but nothing too worrying) There is not so much hate- we have people from all shapes and colors, and all creeds too. But FYI, in some places, including in the FWI, you should know tourist are not very welcome. They look for the sun, booze, girls but also for trouble. They hold sightseeing tours on the most poverty stricken areas and are arrogant. Many of them see local as dummies from the 3rd world. So we don't really like them - personally I don't. We are not a bordello or a zoo, but just normal places were people work and live.
- rodelrod 14y ago
  I was in the docks, arriving by boat from another island. Like everyone in that boat, we were held up for many hours waiting to get our passport stamped and a bunch of young locals started harassing our girlfriends (we were 6). We were the last to leave the passport check because officers didn't know what to do with people from my country (apparently we were the first ones there, so the passports were held). When we got out, these guys were waiting for us in a pickup truck outside and I walked up to them to have a chat before things got out of control, and while we were still next to the customs office. It's an open world we're living in. I realize many tourists can be unpleasant and disrespectful, but hating tourists is just as stupid as hating immigrants. If you don't like their actions, put rules in place to avoid them.
estebank 14y ago
I'm wondering where else you have lived, just to correctly frame your comment.

guylhem 14y ago

Please enlighten me. Were you living in the Caribbean, or just a tourist? What were you doing? By any chance, were you going to the friday night? (St Lucia is right next to my island - been there too, there is some unsafety but nothing too worrying) There is not so much hate- we have people from all shapes and colors, and all creeds too. But FYI, in some places, including in the FWI, you should know tourist are not very welcome. They look for the sun, booze, girls but also for trouble. They hold sightseeing tours on the most poverty stricken areas and are arrogant. Many of them see local as dummies from the 3rd world. So we don't really like them - personally I don't. We are not a bordello or a zoo, but just normal places were people work and live.

rodelrod 14y ago
I was in the docks, arriving by boat from another island. Like everyone in that boat, we were held up for many hours waiting to get our passport stamped and a bunch of young locals started harassing our girlfriends (we were 6). We were the last to leave the passport check because officers didn't know what to do with people from my country (apparently we were the first ones there, so the passports were held). When we got out, these guys were waiting for us in a pickup truck outside and I walked up to them to have a chat before things got out of control, and while we were still next to the customs office. It's an open world we're living in. I realize many tourists can be unpleasant and disrespectful, but hating tourists is just as stupid as hating immigrants. If you don't like their actions, put rules in place to avoid them.

estebank 14y ago

I'm wondering where else you have lived, just to correctly frame your comment.